BRUGES – Music critics can be blunt, some might say even brutal, when expressing their opinions. So, concerts at any venue do not always receive rave reviews when it comes to their musical virtuosity. However, there is one thing that virtually every writer praises about every performance at Concertgebouw Brugge – the quality of the […]
PHILADELPHIA – You better check your email right now! Patrick Dierson is no stranger to getting text messages like this when he’s on a job site, especially when he’s overseeing the production design at the Jay-Z curated Made in America festival. “I love this event, because it never fails to surprise with unexpected challenges,” he […]
HAMBURG – Big news sometimes arrives in small packages. Chauvet Professional will be providing a powerful weather-proof example of that at the company’s LEaT stand (SQ3 – B16) on October 18-20 when it showcases the new Maverick Storm 2 BeamWash. Weighing in at just 52.4 lbs. (23.8 KG), the powerful IP65-rated fixture packs a powerful […]
BRUSSELS – Toyota Motor Europe has had plenty of exciting developments to share with customers and the media of late thanks to its impressive array of recently introduced hybrid and electric vehicles. Now, with the opening of its Brand Experience Centre, it also has a sleek and engaging new platform for highlighting these innovations. Located […]
LONG POND, PA – The fifth annual Elements Music and Arts Festival took place at a new site less than a two-hour drive from Mid-Town Manhattan, adjacent to the NASCAR Pocono Raceway, but as far as fans at this three-day event were concerned, it could have taken place a million miles from anywhere. Nestled within […]
LAS VEGAS – A “spirit of joy,” as one critic described it, runs through the music of Marca MP. Anyone who’s ever listened to this California-based band would find it next to impossible not to agree with that assessment. The quartet’s lively blend of banda, mariachi, and ranchera has an uplifting effect on fans, getting […]
BIRMINGHAM, AL – Ideally, change should put new ideas in motion. When it does, good results invariably happen. The production team that created dynamic looks for the Church of the Highland’s aptly named Motion Student Conference convincingly demonstrated this recently. For the first time in three years, the annual youth event returned to a familiar […]
Willemstad, Curaçao – The music, dancing, and partying never stop during Hak’e, a Curaçao Summer Festival that’s a highlight of one of the Caribbean’s largest carnivals. By the time summer rolls around, the carnival season is long past, but even so, the partying never stops on the island. This year, the producers of Hak’e Jump-In […]
SENTA, SERBIA – When they entered the pastoral grounds of the ÁRKÁD Green Future Festival with its wide open meadows and forested trails on the banks of the Tisa River, visitors experienced an immediate sense of freedom. It was a welcomed, liberating mood that would later be heightened by the music performed on the event’s […]
HILDESHEIM, DE – Flexibility is a valuable attribute, not only in a lighting rig, but also in the designer who creates it. Cevin Richter offered convincing proof of that this August at the M’era Luna alternative music festival. Tasked with lighting “The Disco Hangar” a large space within the two-day festival (it takes place in […]
HARARE, ZIMBABWE – The sprawling Belgravia Sports Club was packed with fans this summer when Grammy winner Burna Boy stepped onto the stage a little after 10:30 as part of his Space Drift Tour. It didn’t take long, however, for the mood at the big outdoor facility to take on the intimate air of a […]
LOS ANGELES – Sliding frictionlessly though thumbing funk and mesmerizing rock-soul infused jazz, multi-Grammy-winning bassist Thundercat is, as the New York Times put it, “the kind of artist who invites listeners into a private world.” What a delightfully unique world it is too, with fresh original takes on familiar musical themes waiting around every turn. […]